Australian journalists confronted by security on Albanese's China trip

The Age

9 hours ago

A group of Australian television journalists were briefly blocked from getting on their bus after filming footage outside a popular Beijing tourist attraction by local security officials and told to hand over their footage for viewing by police.
On Tuesday morning, reporters from ABC, SBS, Sky News and Nine and Seven travelled from the Australian delegation's hotel, where Anthony Albanese is staying, to a local attraction to film segments previewing the prime minister's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The group had written permission to travel to the site and arrived with officials from the Australian embassy.
But local security guards stopped the journalists and asked if they were allowed to film.
According to SBS News and footage recorded at the site by the ABC, about eight Chinese security officials surrounded the group and said they would need to hand over footage until police arrived.
The press group was encircled as they attempted to get onto their bus, but Australian departmental officials eventually settled the matter, and the reporters departed on the bus.